Thunderstorm Wind in McIntosh County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind July 23, 2015 · McIntosh County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

McIntosh County dispatch reported a tree down on Minton Road near the intersection with Shelman Bluff Road.

The wider storm

A stationary cold front was positioned to the north with a weak area of low pressure along it. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon hours within a very unstable airmass. The thunderstorms were aided by the presence of a shortwave trough aloft and 15-20 knots of bulk shear. The thunderstorms produced numerous reports of damaging wind gusts across southeast Georgia.

Began near Belleview Pt (31.5800, -81.3700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 594121. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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